Finally Friday: Medora Nina
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These really cute shoes at Zappos are the kind of thing I buy to run around town on weekends with the kids — I have some from Fly London that are similar, and I also just got some from Eileen Fisher. For $69, this is a pretty good price, and this shoe has great reviews. I wish it weren’t so dark on the bottom, but it’s a pretty good choice, all things considered. Amazon has more color options than Zappos, some on sale and some not. This is a good option if you want something a little bit sleeker than a tennis shoe but not as flippy-floppy as a ballet flat. Clarks Medora Nina
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Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
Another Friday vent: Looking for our next au pair takes so much time. I know how important it is to screen well, but so much of it is luck. Plus, Cultural Care imposes the weird sense of scarcity by only allowing one family at a time to hold a profile, so I have had people disappear while looking at the profile. We have done this twice before (initial au pair and rematch), so I am not a complete novice. However, I feel like I am aimlessly drifting from profile to profile looking for unquantifiable qualities. I feel like 80% of the candidates would be “fine,” 10% have nightmare potential and 10% are amazing. I am terrified of the 10% nightmare (our first who went home after two weeks), feeling unmotivated by the vast majority and unable to find the amazing. Argh!!
*Sigh* Kiddo (age 3) has been begging to give up diapers at night, and last night put her foot down. At 1 am, she woke up wet. I know she isn’t physically ready; she can’t regularly get through nap without an accident, much less all night. But she was so upset, and kept saying, “Mama, I tried to stay dry, I tried.” I just feel bad for her. I know it’s important to her, and she has hated diapers from the time she was a newborn, but I don’t think it’s something she can will herself into. Being a kid can be hard.
Posting from yesterday to get more ideas: I’m a law firm partner and my main associate is having a baby this summer. I think we should do something for her to celebrate – what would hit the right celebratory tone without requiring people to feel like they need to buy gifts, etc.? Should I just ask the partners to contribute toward a gift and buy something (a gift card maybe) on behalf of the group and we all go out to lunch somewhere? One wrinkle is that we are part of two different groups at the firm – together only about 10 lawyers total. Also, FWIW, we have no recent precedent for this since we are all laterals and we either had kids before joining, or are happily without kids.
Just coming here to vent that I had a call with Asia that went past 11pm last night, which is officially 2 hours past this pregnant lady’s bedtime. I’m seriously considering collapsing into bed as soon as I get home tonight!
So I know joints loosen up during pregnancy and stay loose during bfeeding, but I’ve got a nine month old and one of my shoulders still pops when I shrug my shoulders. Like audibly. Did anyone else have this happen? Trying to figure out if this is the sort of thing I should see a doctor or PT about. I have this vision of future arthritic shoulders… If i were to say where I’m loose I’d say it’s my shoulder blade?
Potty training logistics help, please. Toddler is starting to “go” on the potty in the evenings, so I fear that full-on training is in our near future. Two questions. First, did you really carry around a travel potty in your purse for the early days? If not, how do you handle outings where bathrooms aren’t readily available (the park)? We’re trying to minimize the crap in our diaper bag so the idea of actually toting around an actual toilet is unattractive.
Second q: are there alternatives to the “oh crap” method? As mentioned, toddler has started successfully using the potty before bed, but still wears diapers during the day. I’m thinking of a more gradual approach- keeping diapers but being more consistent about taking him to the potty during the day. Does this just drag things out and/or confuse the issue? Has anyone done this? As a complicating factor, we have two big trips coming up (we’re flying) so the soonest we could realistically do the “oh crap” method is in a month. Ok to take a gradual approach in the meantime?
My 4-month-old daughter gets 16-20 oz a day of my pumped b-milk, plus a little nursing, and 8-10 oz a day of formula (I have low milk supply but am doing the best I can, esp now that I’m back at work). The formula we use to supplement is Gerber Good Start Soothe because of gas and constipation. But she HATES it. And, having tasted it, I can’t blame her. The nipple smells/tastes metallic after she’s had a few sips and she makes a face when it comes near her. Plus it’s mostly corn syrup. I would like to find a formula that she likes, is healthier, and agrees with her, which would take the pressure off me since I feel like all I do is pump. It seems like the organic ones (Earth’s Best, Plum Organics), which would be my first choice, can cause constipation, but that’s just anecdata from Amazon reviews–any experience w this? We see the ped next week so I’ll ask her, but would love any recs in the meantime. Google either brings up anti-formula diatribes or “articles” that are sponsored content from formula companies, so I’m having trouble getting straight info.
How do I go about making mom friends?? I’m 7 weeks into maternity leave with my first baby, and starting to feel pretty isolated staying home by myself with her all day. Plus I’m the first of my friends to dive into parenthood, so it would be great to make some parent friends. There’s a local breastfeeding group that I enjoy going to, but it only meets every other week, and I’m not sure how to turn those gatherings into other meetups and maybe friendships. Any advice on how to go about this? I’m in Philadelphia, so suggestions for local groups or places to try? Or other Philly ‘r e t t e s who want to hang out with our babies?
Happy Friday! J Crew pixie pants are on sale plus 30% off with code. They also have free shipping. I think they look cute with flats and a shirt (untucked) to hide the post-baby belly.
I was going to ask for something similar. I like the idea of this shoe, but I think the thick strap would be really unflattering on my cankles.
What I really need is something along the lines of the featured shoe (athletic-y flats/hybrid sneaker-flat, fashion sneaker, whatever you want to call it) that I can wear with light colored casual dresses cotton dresses and skirts in the spring/summer/fall. I have some spring-y dresses I’m excited to break out (once it stops snowing – WTF, Mother Nature?), but I don’t have shoes to wear with them – so I wind up wearing black shoes that look weird with them, or shoes that pinch my feet, or I just give up and wear Tevas.
My unicorn shoe is taupe or light gray, stays on my feet without pinching (so a Mary Jane style is ok), closed toe, and doesn’t have a super chunky bottom. Oh, and ideally comes in a wide width. Not a dressy flat, not a sandal. I could probably do another light color, but not bright white – too much mud where I live.
Everything I’m coming across is either too chunky for my style, or looks borderline OK in other colors but looks like a grandma comfort shoe in taupe.
This is probably the closest I’ve found, but I’ve owned this style in the past in other colors and they got horribly smelly fast, so I’d like to find something a little different: http://www.zappos.com/p/skechers-bikers-ripples-taupe/product/8865985/color/11
This is a good option if you want something a little bit sleeker than a tennis shoe
Haha. I came to ask for suggestions of tennis shoes to wear while running around town. Not a true athletic shoe, but something with more cushioning than Converse Chucks.